how to get own process pid from the command prompt in windows

Question

im trying to find a way to get my own PID from a command prompt (for later use in bat scripts) so far the only useful way i found was to use getpids.exe from here : http://www.scheibli.com/projects/getpids/index.html but im looking for a command that's "built in" to windows

edit : im looking for a "bullet proof" way - no assumptions about my process being the only cmd.exe or anything

Answer 1

since none of the above are bullet proof and builtin, I figured I'd add my little routine that closer to bullet proof but you'll need to parse/save the results somehow

do this if you can within the batch file

title=mycmd

tasklist /v /fo csv | findstr /i "mycmd"

Answer 2

This should do the trick:

tasklist /v

Answer 3

1. Windows Task Manager, you will need to go to View -> Select Columns.. and select PID.
2. "tasklist /v" to get verbose task information in command prompt.
3. Process Explorer from live.sysinternals.com.

Answer 4

If you've got the Windows 2003 Resource kit push it through qgrep to get just the line you want. You could then extract the pid from here (this assumes you've only got one cmd running at a time),

tasklist /v | qgrep cmd

cmd.exe 2040 RDP-Tcp#447 0 1,804 K Running MACHINE\Administrator  0:00:00 Command Prompt

Answer 5

Take a look at this little batch trick. It sets the title of cmd to a special value then uses tasklist to find it. Inventive

\\Greg